Tewaaraton Watch: Aust Emerging Slightly

Alex Aust continues to the lead
the top-ranked Terps in all scoring categories.

There's exactly one week left until the women's and men's
Tewaaraton Awards are handed out at the 13th annual Tewaaraton
Award Ceremony, May 30 at the Smithsonian Institution's National
Museum of the American Indian.

The races are on the minds of Lacrosse Magazine staff.
Here's how the women's finalists rank in our poll ahead of
championship weekend.

Players were given five points for each first-place vote, four
for each second-place vote and on down the line.

Aust had five goals, two assists, three ground balls and one
draw control in Maryland's 14-9 win over Duke in Saturday's
quarterfinal round. For the year, Aust leads Maryland in goals
(67), assists (52), points (119), is fifth in ground balls (27) and
third in caused turnovers (18). Aust ranked second nationally in
points per game (5.67), the highest of any Tewaaraton finalist, and
is 11th nationally in assists per game (2.48), also the the highest
of any finalist.

Murray continues to help fill the void on Syracuse's offense
since Michelle Tumolo went down with a season-ending injury. Murray
had two goals on four shots, with one assist and one draw control
in Syracuse's 13-9 win over Florida in the quarterfinals. Murray
leads Syracuse with 103 points this season on 63 goals (second on
the team) and 40 assists. She's also second in ground balls (30)
and second in caused turnovers (17) and fifth in draw controls
(22). Murray ranks seventh nationally in points per game (4.90),
the second highest of any Tewaaraton finalist, behind
Aust.

The reigning Tewaaraton winner had two goals, three ground balls
and one draw control in Maryland's quarterfinal win. She is second
on the team in goals (54), assists (24), points (78), is first in
ground balls (36), second in draw controls (39) and fourth in
caused turnovers (17).

Cannizzaro had three goals and two assists, five ground balls,
one draw control and two caused turnovers in UNC's 13-9 win over
Virginia on Saturday. Cannizzaro leads North Carolina in goals
(53), assists (19) and points (72), second in ground balls (34) and
first in caused turnovers (29).

5. Mikey Meagher, Sr. GThis week: 8 pointsLast week: 4 (14 points)

The ALC goalie of the year had 12 saves in Florida's 13-9 loss
to Syracuse. In 21 starts this year, she had a .502 save percentage
and 6.90 goals against average. Ranks fifth nationally in save
percentage and second in goals against average. She's the lone
finalist to not play this weekend.